"We okay?" I asked, accepting the bowl.
He considered for a minute, then shrugged, handing Ed a bowl and filling his own.
"Yea. We're okay."
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Waking up the next morning was a challenge. Kakashi was nudging my side with one foot, reading his book and calling for the others to get up over his shoulder. I groaned, rolling over and burying my face in my jacket, conveniently bundled up in pillow form.
"Five more minutes, mommy…" I grumbled, swatting at his ankle when the prodding only continued.
"Not your mother." Kakashi argued cheerfully, placing the offending foot on my back and rocking me back and forth with it.
"Hate you so much, evil ninja mommy." I groaned, rolling over.
"Wake up, Danny-onee-chan! Someone's here to see you!" Iruka prodded, kneeling next to my head and tugging at my arm. That jolted me into motion, sitting up so quickly that I had to bury my head between my knees with another groan, as the world spun all around me.
"Too fast…way too fast." I mumbled, tugging at my hair.
As soon as the world stayed put, I tugged myself up, using Kakashi's vest as a handhold. He didn't budge an inch, and I was torn between being angry at him for being so strong, and just appreciating that he wasn't like any of my guys friends back home, who would have joked about me weighing a ton. It was too early in the morning to decide which one to go with, so I just leaned into him, eyes closed, half asleep on my feet.
"Baka trainer, the BWSD people are here, wake up already!" Ed called from somewhere across the clearing.
"Oh!" I startled upright, wincing as joints popped and ached in protest. A Kagome sat on a downed log, across the remains of the fire from me, watching with a small smile on her face.
"Are you okay?" She asked, rising from the log with one hand already reaching for me.
"Fine, yea…just sore. Nothing to be done but walk it off." I replied, waving off her concern with a small smile of my own.
"Demoonica, she's awake!" Kagome called out.
A young woman rushed through the trees, a Sasuke and a Riku close on her heels.
"Sorry, sorry. Zander didn't want to hang up, Damia was up all night…" She smiled, pushing her glasses back up her nose and straightening the hem of her red and white jacket. I shrugged back into my own jacket, conscious of the impression I made on people with my tattoos.
"Neat tattoos." She commented, as if she could read my mind, and I smiled in gratitude, zipping the jacket up and stepping forward to offer a handshake.
"Thank you. I'm Danny."
"Demoonica Darkmoon. Sorry for the early start. The representative who was supposed to meet you today from the local BWSD got caught up when the new terrain expansion took place, and I was already in the area. This is Kagome, Sasuke, and Riku." She pointed to each of her bishis in turn, swiping at her long brown hair when it slid over her shoulder as she spun to the two bishounen behind her.
"It's no problem…I…wait a minute. It's morning?"
Demoonica nodded, pointing to the watery dawn light cresting the trees at the edge of our little clearing.
"Hatake Kakashi, you were supposed to wake me for my turn at watch!" I shouted, spinning on my heel to glare at said bishounen, who never took his eye off his book.
"Relax, Onee-chan. The scarecrow and I had it covered. Besides, you wouldn't wake up. Hit me in the head for my efforts." Ed said, sitting up from his own bedroll and rubbing at his eyes.
"You two…" I groaned, tugging at my hair again, "Well, that's Ed, that's Kakashi, and this little guy is Iruka." I pointed out my own bishounen, leaving Iruka for last, and keeping an eye on her bishis. They all tensed at the introduction of the chibi, but Demoonica waved them off.
"You guys, relax. Remember, her bio said she had a chibi with the parents consent." That did little to ease their minds, but nobody commented.
"Thank you." I said again, resting one hand on Iruka's head when he stepped up next to me and wrapped his arms around my thigh, half hiding behind me.
"Oh, don't get me wrong…we still want to make sure the little guy is okay. Having a chibi is a big responsibility. Just be glad that most of the rest of the group is off investigating the battle site." She smiled at Iruka as she spoke, crouching down on eye level with him and holding out one hand.
"The rest of the group?" I echoed, gently nudging Iruka forward.
"Yea. I've got Kagome, Sasuke, and Riku, obviously… Then there's Kagome's Inuyasha, and their Yasha-san. There's also Allen Schezar, Marou, Kai Hiwatari, Rei Kon, Katan, Rei Enna, Hiead Gner, Duo Maxwell, Heero Yuy, Kamui Shiro, Yami no Bakura, Tala, Edward Elric, Yamatto & Tsunomon, Wolfram, Raine Sage, Junia, Hakudoushi, Dilandau, Yami no Yugi, Makenshi, Yugi Mouto, Sasuke Uchiha, Squall, Chrono, Hiei, and Malik." She listed the names off distractedly, taking Iruka's hand as he stepped up shyly.
"Oh…holy…" I leaned against Kakashi, eyeing my boys and trying to calculate how much more trouble there would be if I had that many bishounen.
Demoonica caught my aborted swoon out of the corner of her eye and laughed, hugging Iruka before passing him off to Kagome to be mothered with breakfast that had appeared as if by magic. "I've been here over two years, I didn't wind up with all of them at once. And it's not as hectic as it sounds." Her Sasuke snorted at that, and she rolled her eyes. "Okay, so it can be kind of hectic sometimes. Some of them are best of friends, others can't stand one another, but all in all it works out."
"Wow." I couldn't manage much more than that at this point, still stuck on the massive number of bishis that had been listed without pause.
"Breath, Danny-san." Kakashi nudged me with his elbow, taking the bowl of whatever it was Kagome had prepared for us and waving it under my nose. The smell of food jumpstarted my brain back into real time, and I snatched the bowl up with a 'gimme gimme'. Oatmeal with honey and strawberries. Not French toast or bacon, but still pretty good.
Demoonica sat down on the ground accepting her own bowl with a grin. "Sorry, Kagome likes to take care of everyone, and you weren't up yet."
"Ish ah good." I protested around a mouthful.
Breakfast was a silent affair after that, each of us lost in our own thoughts as we demolished the food given to us.
Once bowls had been licked clean and set aside to be washed, Demoonica stood, dusting herself off and pulling out her Dex.
"Time to get the formalities out of the way. I'm going to record your statement, is that okay?" I nodded, rising to my own feet and lifting Iruka up onto my hip when he tugged at my jacket.
She walked me through the previous day's encounter step by step, occasionally looking to Kakashi and Ed for confirmation. The frown on her face got deeper with every word, and by the end of it, Kagome had come forward to place a hand protectively on Iruka's back, while Riku and Sasuke glowered, fists clenched at their sides.
"That was quick thinking on everyone's part." Demoonica said quietly, shutting her Dex and stuffing it in a jacket pocket for the moment.
"Wasn't really thinking. Kakashi can agree with that." I admitted, resting my chin on top of Iruka's head.
"You got out of the line of danger, that's what matters." She argued, ignoring her Dex when it started to beep.
"We ran because it was the safest choice of action." I agreed, and nodded towards her pocket, "You gonna get that?"
When the beeping stopped, only to start up again a moment later, she let out an exasperated sigh, smiling and holding up a finger in the universal sign of just a minute.
"Hi Zander. Hang on a minute." She walked off into the tree line with her Dex held open in front of her, a man who looked startlingly like a Duo filling the small vid screen. Riku stayed with us, but Sasuke trailed after his trainer.
Kagome didn't offer an explanation, and I didn't ask for one. We both just continued to cuddle with the chibi on my hip, who seemed unable to decide if he liked the attention or not.
When Demoonica returned, she smiled at the sight, shaking her head. "Zander is bringing Damia and meeting us out here. I don't know if it's more he's worried for my safety, or because Damia is crying again. Poor guy is going crazy. If it's the worried for our safety bit, I'll have to hurt him for dragging Damia out though."
"Damia?" I asked, she'd mentioned those two before, but they weren't familiar names to me.
"Mine and Zander's daughter. Listen, I'm going to go track the rest of the group down and take a look for myself at the battle site. If you're going to be around the rest of the day, we can all camp together, since I've got to wait for the family to show up now. " She offered, stuffing her hands in her pockets and rocking back on her heels.
"I might explore the area a bit, you said the world was just updated?"
"Yea, the Tolkien area had to expand for the new Hobbit movies that just started coming out back home." She explained, after checking her Dex.
"The Hobbit?" I squealed, excitement bubbling up at the mention of being anywhere remotely close to anything or anyone Tolkien related.
"Yea, says here the first of three movies was released a little while ago, and so there's a bunch of new bishounen in the area." I looked at my own Dex, curious as to how she was finding out all this information, but she just shook her head. "Your map will update, but my Dex was upgraded when I joined the BWSD, that's where I'm getting most of my information from."
"Gotcha. Well, I'll definitely be sticking around for a while then. Do you wanna just buzz me when you're heading back to camp? I'd love to share a camp site with you for the night!" I grinned, already puttering around packing up what little we'd drug out the night before.
"Sure. We'll swap Dex numbers and hook back up round sunset?"
"Sounds like a plan to me."
Once Dex numbers had been successfully swapped, we headed off in opposite directions.
"Call me if you run into any trouble!" Demoonica called back over her shoulder, just out of sight beyond the trees.
"Can do!" I shouted, hitching my pack up higher on my back and plowing through the underbrush with my boys at my sides.
Today was already starting to look up, and the sun was only just up!
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Bishi-dex
Kagome Higurashi – an InuYasha bishoujo, she is fully human, gifted with the spiritual powers of a priestess. In her youth, she can be brash and loud, depending on the people she's with. InuYashas tend to provoke her during her younger stages, but she mellows out and becomes very motherly and protective of her family, including her trainer, as she gains experience.
Sasuke Uchiha – a Naruto bishounen, this Shinobi type has a dark past and can be considered difficult to train for inexperienced trainers. He will provoke Naruto bishounen, and any others he feels are beneath him skill wise. Once he bonds with his trainer, however, he will become protective of them against all others. This will sometimes include the trainers other bishounen, if they appear weak or untrustworthy to the Sasuke.
Riku – a Kingdom Hearts bishounen, he is a calm, collected bishounen, but can show streaks of competitiveness or jealousy if he feels he is being replaced by someone else. Rikus wield weapons called 'Keyblades', but depending on their experiences, can also summon creatures called 'Heartless', and created 'Anti-forms'
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A/N
Well, it only took me five months to update this time. ::bows in apology:: I have zero good excuses this time around, I was just stuck on where to go from the last chapter. Thankfully, Lady Demoonica Darkmoon allowed me the use of her trainer (whom I hope I've portrayed correctly!) and I finally got back on track!
Thanks again for all the wonderful reviews, they really do make writing this a lot easier when I get stuck or write myself into a corner!
As always, if you want to have a trainer appear in the story, feel free to send me a bio! Give me the trainer's name, age, appearance, personality, how long they've been in the bishi world, what bishi they have, what stage the bishi is, and how the bishis interact with you and each other.
Reviews are always appreciated and squee'd over fondly!
Ja ne!
Tsunami